Nuance said that it earned 36 cents per share for the period ended Sept. 30. Revenue climbed 28 percent, to $468.8 million from $367 million. Adjusted earnings were 51 cents per share. Revenue totaled $490.1 million when including $21.3 million in revenue lost to accounting treatments related to acquisitions.

Analysts polled by FactSet predicted earnings of 48 cents per share on revenue of $497.5 million.

The company's technology enables different gadgets to respond to voice commands. Its other products include Dragon voice-recognition software.

Brent Thill of UBS Investment Research said in a client note that Nuance had a solid quarter as revenue rose, earnings increased from a year ago and operating margin improved.

"Nuance is the clear go-to partner for speech recognition functionality," he wrote. The analyst maintained a "Buy" rating and increased the company's price target to $30 from $29.

Shares of Nuance, which has made several acquisitions in the past few years, closed Friday at $20.65, up 18 cents, in Nasdaq trading.

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